Carpenter back for Sunwolves

Editor

The Sunwolves have made several changes to their line-up that will take on the Cheetahs at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Derek Carpenter returns to the side at outside centre while Takaaki Nakazuru is on the right wing, with Shota Emi switching to the left.

In the pack Rahboni Warren Vosayaco and Malgene Ilaua replace Willem Britz and Yoshitaka Tokunaga respectively in the back-row, while in the locks Kotaro Yatabe comes in for Noahiro Kotaki. The front-row sees Takuma Asahara and Yusuke Niwai start at tighthead and hooker.

Sunwolves: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Takaaki Nakazuru, 13 Derek Carpenter, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Shota Emi, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Rahboni Warren Vosayaco, 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 6 Malgene Ilaua, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Kotaro Yatabe, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Keita Inagaki
Replacements: 16 Takeshi Hino, 17 Koki Yamamoto, 18 Yasuo Yamaji, 19 Hitoshi Ono, 20 Shokei Kin, 21 Keisuke Uchida, 22 Jumpei Ogura, 23 William Tupou

Date: Saturday, May 27
Venue: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium
Kick-off: 14:15 local (05:15 GMT)
Referee: Will Houston
Assistant Referees: Shuhei Kubo, Akihisa Aso
TMO: Minoru Fuji